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New Hope Corridor Open Space Master Plan <br />Component 10. Orange County Wildlife Protection Areas <br />A. Piney Mountain Creek and Rhodes Creek <br />Jurisdiction: Orange County <br />Existing Land Use and Ownership: <br />• Various private owners. <br />Future Land Use and Ownership: <br />Low density residential and agricultural. <br />Significant Resources: <br />In Orange County north of the Korstian Division of Duke Forest, there are a few <br />locations suitable for wildlife corridors. Piney Mountain Creek, and Rhodes Creek <br />have excellent potential as protected wildlife corridors (see New Hope Corridor Open <br />Space Master Plan Map, page 3). Wildlife is abundant and is accustomed to ranging <br />over the areas and entering and leaving Duke Forest. In addition, several sites <br />identified in the Orange County Inventory are located in these areas and should be <br />preserved and protected. <br />Recommendations for the Protection and Use of Component 10-A: <br />• Take steps to preserve Orange County wildlife corridors and incorporate them <br />into the Master Plan as an extension of the Duke Forest open areas. These <br />corridors should remain in private ownership. <br />• incorporate protection of the Orange County Inventory sites into the Master Plan <br />and plan for specific wildlife corridors in Orange County. <br />• Sign a route from NC 751 to the Eno River State Park, following NC 10 to <br />Pleasant Green Road, north on Pleasant Green Road across the Eno River, and <br />entering the Park on the north side of the River. This route would be primarily <br />along roads with off - street paths where feasible. The route could provide for <br />both bicycle and pedestrian use. <br />ss <br />